No flags flying on Veterans Day?

To the editor:

Today I write with sadness to express my sincere disappointment as I drove down Main Street, returning to my home from a Mount Hope Cemetery visit to pay respect, gratitude and honor to my father-in-law, Richard H. Gushman (Dick Gushman to many longtime residents) on this national day of remembrance of our past and present veterans.

It was with heartfelt sadness I realized that I did not see one American flag displayed outside any local business, whether large or small. I acknowledge the gratitude advertisements by the businesses earlier in the week due to the current schedule of newspaper circulations, but still to see rural downtown America, especially in Baker County, devoid of any American flag on Nov. 11, Veterans Day 2009, was sadly shocking to me!